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This paper provides an overview of Descartes's life and works. It focuses on an analysis of the "Discourse on Method" and the "I think, therefore I am" statement.

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Descartes's Background
Descartes's Philosophical System
Descartes's Discourse on Method
Descartes's Method Regarding Knowledge
Descartes's Influence on Philosophy
Descartes's Influence on Enlightenment
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"Rene Descartes is widely recognized as the father of modern philosophy. Also known as Renatus Cartesius (a latinization of his name), Descartes was a 17th century French scientist, mathematician and philosopher. His importance in the history of philosophy is so great because he was among the first to oppose scholastic Aristotleianism, which had influenced European philosophy and culture during a period of almost a thousand years. A French gentleman who signed himself "Lord of Perron" and who lived twenty years of his life (the most productive ones) in the tolerable and hospitable Dutch republic, Descartes remains a crucial figure in the history of philosophy."

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